Blind Willie Johnson 1927-1930

RBF Records RBF-10

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1965
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Gospel, Texas Blues
[Tracklist]
A1 Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed (3:19)
A2 God Don't Never Change (3:03)
A3 Trouble Soon Be Over (0:27)
A4 Let Your Light Shine On Me (3:16)
A5 The Rain Don't Fall On Me (3:16)
A6 I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole (3:11)
A7 I'm Gonna Run To The City Of Refuge (3:29)
B1 Lord, I Just Can't Keep From Crying (3:08)
B2 Everybody Ought To Treat A Stranger Right (3:11)
B3 Jesus Is Coming Soon (3:16)
B4 Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning (3:13)
B5 Church I'm Fully Saved Today (3:13)
B6 Bye And Bye I'm Goin' To See The King (3:05)
B7 Can't Nobody Hide From God (3:31)
[Credits]
Blind Willie Johnson (guitar/vocals)
Producer: Samuel Charters, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
Texan Blind Willie Johnson was one of the most successful recording artists in the South in the late 1920s, before the Depression ruined the company for which he recorded. This collection demonstrates the singer's unique ability to express his personal poetic style through the genre of religious song.

Appalachian Mountain Gospel: 25 Bluegrass Gospel Classics

Rural Rhythm Records RHY-326

Format: CD, Album, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 2008
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Gospel, Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
01 There Is Power in the Blood: The Marksmen (2:04)
02 No Hidin' Place Down Here: Hylo Brown & The Timberliners (1:47)
03 Take Me in Your Life Boat: Red Smiley & the Bluegrass Cut-Ups (2:03)
04 Old Country Church: House Brothers (1:26)
05 The Great Speckled Bird: Reno & Harrell with The Tennessee Cut-Ups (2:30)
06 Keep on the Sunny Side: Lee Moore 1:13)
07 A Beautiful Life: Red Smiley & the Bluegrass Cut-Ups (1:33)
08 I'm on My Way to Canaan Land: House Brothers (1:44)
09 Oh Why Not Tonight: The Marksmen (1:38)
10 Is She Praying There: Mac Martin & His Dixie Travelers (2:38)
11 Golden Slippers: Jim Greer & The Mac-O-Chee Valley Folks (1:25)
12 Somebody Touched Me: Red Smiley & the Bluegrass Cut-Ups (2:35)
13 Where the Soul of Man Never Dies: Hylo Brown & The Timberliners (2:00)
14 Uncloudy Day: J.D. Jarvis (2:13)
15 Angel Band: House Brothers (2:35)
16 Leaning on the Everlasting Arms: Red White & the Country Gospel Singers (1:45)
17 Paul & Silas: Jim Greer & The Mac-O-Chee Valley Folks (1:52)
18 If I Could Here My Mother Pray Again: Happy Land Gospel Singers (1:46)
19 Lonely Tombs: J.D. Jarvis (1:54)
20 Precious Memories: House Brothers (2:36)
21 I Am a Pilgrim: Raymond Fairchild & the Maggie Valley Boys (1:48)
22 Let the Church Roll On: Red Smiley & the Bluegrass Cut-Ups (1:53)
23 I Feel Like Traveling On: Happy Land Gospel Singers (2:04)
24 Walking Cane: Hylo Brown & The Timberliners (2:12)
25 I'm Getting Ready to Go: Earl Taylor & The Stoney Mountain Boys (2:04)
[Credits]
Compilation Producer: Sam Passamano, Jr., Designner and Photographer: Marty Rosamond, Engineer: Steve Hoffman
[Notes]
Part of the ongoing Sound Traditions series of bluegrass anthologies from the Rural Rhythm label, Sound Traditions: Appalachian Mountain Gospel (25 Bluegrass Gospel Classics) gathers 25 rare examples of vintage bluegrass gospel. Artists include the Marksmen, Hylo Brown & the Timberliners, and Jim Greer & the Mac-O-Chee Valley Boys. Many of these songs have never been available on CD before.

Appalachian Mountain Bluegrass

Rural Rhythm Records RHY-317

Format: CD, Album, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 2007
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
01 Foggy Mountain Top: Earl Taylor & The Stoney Mountain Boys (2:14)
02 Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee: Jim Greer & The Mac-O-Chee Valley Folks (2:41)
03 Froggie Went a Courtin': Hylo Brown & The Timberliners (1:38)
04 Cumberland Gap: The Cumberlands (2:35)
05 Black Mountain Blues: Mac Martin & His Dixie Travelers (3:07)
06 Home Across the Blue Ridge Mountains: Earl Taylor & The Stoney Mountain Boys (2:02)
07 Poor Ellen Smith: Reno & Harrell with The Tennessee Cut-Ups (2:01)
08 Where the Soul of Man Never Dies: Hylo Brown & The Timberliners (2:01)
09 Grandfather's Clock: Mac Wiseman (2:08)
10 Big Sandy: Red Smiley & the Bluegrass Cut-Ups (1:02)
11 Worried Man Blues: Earl Taylor & The Stoney Mountain Boys (1:57)
12 Deep Elm Blues: Jim Greer & The Mac-O-Chee Valley Folks (2:08)
13 Wild Bill Jones: Hylo Brown & The Timberliners (1:43)
14 Rovin' Gambler: Mac Wiseman (1:49)
15 Soldier's Joy: The Cumberlands with Michael Cleveland (2:36)
16 Darling Corey: Earl Taylor & The Stoney Mountain Boys (1:49)
17 Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss: Red White & the Dixie Blue Grass Band (1:36)
18 When the Bees Are in the Hive: Jim Greer & The Mac-O-Chee Valley Folks (2:24)
19 Bread and Gravy: J.E. Mainer & The Mountaineers with Morris Herbert (2:55)
20 Run Boy Run: Michael Cleveland / The Cumberlands (2:20)
21 Gathering Flowers from the Hillside: Earl Taylor & The Stoney Mountain Boys (2:17)
22 Mole in the Ground: Hylo Brown & The Timberliners (2:23)
23 Long Journey Home: Reno & Harrell with The Tennessee Cut-Ups (2:01)
24 Rebel Soldier: The Cumberlands (3:40)
25 Fire on the Mountain: Fiddlin' DeWayne Wear & the Wear Family (1:10)
26 The Tie That Binds Jim Greer & The Mac-O-Chee Valley Folks (1:27)
27 Rabbit in the Log: Frosty Mountain Boyswith Raymond Fairchild (1:31)
28 All the Good Times Are Past and Gone: Hylo Brown & The Timberliners (2:41)
29 Just Over in Glory Land: Mac Wiseman (1:53)
30 Amazing Grace: Raymond Fairchild & The Maggie Valley Boys (2:02)
[Credits]
Compilation Producer: Sam Passamano, Jr., Designner and Photographer: Marty Rosamond, Engineer: Steve Hoffman
[Notes]
Continuing with our successful Sound Traditions series, Rural Rhythm is proud to release this special new 30 Song Heritage Collection title, Appalachian Mountain Bluegrass 30 Vintage Classics which contains over 60 minutes of Historic Bluegrass Music and debuts many classic recorded songs Never-Before-Available on CD. Each song was remastered from the original master tapes by Steve Hoffman, (a leading mastering engineer in the High End Audio market). The end results are some of the best sounding authentic Traditional Bluegrass music available today.

Stealing Fire: Bruce Cockburn

Victor VIL-6146

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Japan
Released: 1984
Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk Rock
[Tracklist]
A1 Lovers In A Dangerous Time (4:06)
A2 Maybe The Poet (4:53)
A3 Sahara Gold (4:31)
A4 Making Contact (3:46)
A5 Peggy's Kitchen Wall (3:42)
B6 To Raise The Morning Star (5:52)
B7 Nicaragua (4:47)
B8 If I Had A Rocket Launcher (4:59)
B9 Dust And Diesel (5:24)
[Credits]
Bruce Cockburn (guitar/vocals) Jon Goldsmith (keyboards) Fergus Marsh (bass/stick) Miche Pouliot (drums) Chi Sharpe (percussion)
Producer: Jon Goldsmith and Kerry Crawford, Photographer: George Whiteside, Art Direction: Bart Schoales, Engineers: John Naslen, Ron Searles and Mike Reese
[Notes]
After visiting Central America, Bruce Cockburn recorded Stealing Fire, part of which passionately and eloquently details what he'd seen while in Nicaragua and Guatemala. With the opening track, the terse rocker "Lovers in a Dangerous Time," Cockburn conveys both a sense of urgency and uncertainty. There's a brief calm as the second half begins, before a triad of songs written about his time spent in Central America brings the record to a sober conclusion. These three tunes, which, like the majority of the album, sport a tight, worldbeat, folk and rock flavor, are the true highlights of Stealing Fire, and Cockburn at his very best. The first, "Nicaragua," is part observation, part commentary, and part tribute to the Sandinista-led revolution in that country. "If I Had a Rocket Launcher" follows, and is arguably Cockburn's most powerful merging of personal and political feelings. Written after witnessing Guatemalan refugees being chased across the border by gun-wielding helicopters, "Rocket Launcher" evokes not only the pain and suffering of the people, but the conflict between Cockburn's pacifist leanings, and the vengeful anger and hatred incited by such a horrific sight. The Nicaraguan, road-inspired "Dust and Diesel" closes the record with a portrait of a country whose daily contrast of beauty and violence is summed up by the images of people who are proud, hopeful, passionate, afraid, and tired. Stealing Fire, despite a few less than compelling tracks, is the work of an artist at his peak. It also contains some of the most intensely significant material by a singer/songwriter in the 1980s. (AllMusic Review by Brett Hartenbach)

The Freedom Singers: We are Soldiers in the Army

August 10, 1996 in Washington, D.C.

Music was essential to the African-American struggle for civil rights and equality. "We Are Soldiers in the Army" demonstrates how the Black American traditional song repertoire and older styles of singing were used to inspire and organize the Civil Rights Movement. The singers here remind us that the days of open discrimination and bigotry are not far behind us, and that "it's people's hearts we're trying to change now." The a cappella quartet features legendary civil rights activists and singers Rutha Harris, Charles Neblett, Bettie Mae Fikes, and Cordell Reagon. More about Voices of Struggle, The Civil Rights movement, 1945 to 1965.

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Folk Songs: The South: Bernice Reagon

Folkways Records FA-2457

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1965
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Gospel
[Tracklist]
A1 Cotton Need A Pickin' (2:30)
A2 Hallelu (3:15)
A3 Go Tell Aunt Rhody (3:09)
A4 Come An' Go With Me To That Land (3:52)
A5 Ol' Po' Sinner (3:27)
A6 Sun Will Never Go Down (2:40)
A7 Amazing Grace (3:00)
B1 Ain't It A Shame (2:15)
B2 Drinking Of The Wine (3:15)
B3 Grey Goose (2:10)
B4 Come By Hyar (3:30)
B5 Been In The Storm (3:03)
B6 Cane On The Brazos (3:28)
B7 Soon My Work (4:19)
[Credits]
Bernice Johnson Reagon (vocals)
Designer: Ronald Clyne, Photographer: Joe Alper
[Notes]
Reagon writes, "My history was wrapped carefully for me by my fore-parents in the songs of the church, the work fields, and the blues. Ever since this discovery I've been trying to find myself, using the first music I've ever known as a basic foundation for my search for truth." This album features songs from Reagon's journey.

Original Folkways Recordings of Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley

Smithsonian Folkways SF CD 40029/30

Format: 2-CD, Album, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1994
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Country
[Tracklist]
Disk One
101 Crawdad Song (3:35)
102 Sitting on Top of the World (3:09)
103 Lee Highway Blues (1:44)
104 Free Little Bird (2:09)
105 The Coo-Coo Bird (2:36)
106 Rising Sun Blues (2:58)
107 Looking Towards Heaven (2:30)
108 Rambling Hobo (1:30)
109 Rambling Hobo (1:38)
110 Shady Grove (1:31)
111 Cumberland Gap (2:23)
112 Tough Luck (2:28)
113 Humpbacked Mule (1:30)
114 My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains (2:50)
115 Way Down Town (2:31)
116 Banks of the Ohio (4:14)
117 Little Sadie (2:22)
118 Carroll County Blues (1:42)
119 Cluck Old Hen (1:48)
120 Chilly Winds (Lonesome Road Blues) (2:40)
121 Sweet Heaven When I Die (2:40)
122 Fire on the Mountain (1:24)
123 Will the Circle Be Unbroken (3:23)
124 Daniel Prayed (2:56)
125 Amazing Grace (3:53)
Disk Two
201 Sally Ann (2:34)
202 Richmond Blues (1:36)
203 Old Ruben (2:03)
204 Willie Moore (3:34)
205 Walking Boss (1:51)
206 Shout Lulu (1:27)
207 Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy (2:08)
208 Pretty Little Pink (2:29)
209 Run, Jimmie Run (3:09)
210 Hick's Farewell (5:25)
211 The Old Man at the Mill (1:58)
212 A Short Life of Trouble (3:22)
213 Brown's Dream (1:43)
214 Footprints in the Snow (2:45)
215 I'm Going Back to Jericho (1:54)
216 Peg and Awl (2:14)
217 Maggie Walker (2:56)
218 God's Gonna Ease My Troublin' Mind (3:07)
219 I Saw a Man at the Close of Day (2:41)
220 Handsome Molly (2:16)
221 John Henry (3:44)
222 Honey Babe Blues (3:46)
223 Wayfaring Pilgrim (2:45)
[Credits]
Doc Watson (guitar/banjo/harmonica/vocals) Clarence Ashley, Dock Walsh and Jack Burchett (banjo/vocals) Fred Price (fiddle/vocals) Arnold Watson (banjo/harmonica/vocals) Gaither Carlton (banjo/fiddle) Garley Foster (harmonica/guitar/vocals) Clint Howard (guitar/vocals) Jack Johnson (banjo) Tommy Moore (washboard) Jean Ritchie (vocals) Ralph Rinzler (guitar)
Field Worker, Recorder, Producer, Compiler and Liner Notes: Ralph Rinzler, Producer and Compiler: Matt Walters, Photographer and Recorder: Eugene Earle, Producer and Compiler: Jeff Place, Designer: Carol Hardy, Mastering Engineer: Alan Yoshida
[Notes]
With 20 previously unreleased performances, many rare photos, and producer Ralph Rinzler's comprehensive notes, this is the definitive collection of two earlier volumes entitled Old Time Music at Clarence Ashley's. These LP's introduced the world to Doc Watson and played an important role in the folk revival of the '60s. Featured are Gaither Carlton, Clint Howard, Fred Price, Jack Burchett, and others. Compiled by Ralph Rinzler, Matt Walters and Jeff Place. Annotated by Ralph Rinzler.

Sid Hemphill: Complete Library of Congress Session (1942)

Running Time: 1 hour and 16 minutes

0:00:00 Lomax introduction (AFS 6670 A1)
0:00:53 The Eighth of January (6670A2)
0:03:43 Interview with Sid Hemphill about his father, repertoire, instruments, and the Carrier Line
0:07:51 The Carrier Line (6670 B1)
0:13:37 The Roguish Man (part 1) (6670 B2)
0:18:57 The Roguish Man (part 2) (6670 A4)
0:19:56 Interview with Sid Hemphill about his composition "The Roguish Man" and Jack Castle
0:21:22 Interview with Sid Hemphill about his composition "The Strayhorn Mob."
0:22:30 The Strayhorn Mob (6671 A2)
0:27:25 Boll Weevil (6671 A3)
0:32:46 Arkansas Traveler (6671 B1)
0:38:27 Tunings and demo (guitar, banjo, kazoo) (6671 B2)
0:40:08 Come On, Boys, Let's Go to the Ball (6672 A1)
0:41:55 Come On, Boys, Let's Go to the Ball (6672 A2)
0:43:35 Emmaline, Take Your Time (6672 A3)
0:46:08 The Devil's Dream (6672 A4)
0:49:20 Leather Britches (6672 B1)
0:50:30 Rye Straw (6672 B2)
0:52:38 So Soon I'll Be At Home (6672 B3)
0:54:13 Jesse James (6673 A1)
0:55:57 After the Ball Is Over (6673 A2)
0:57:54 The Sidewalks of New York (6673 A3)
1:00:00 The Death March (6673 A4)
1:01:56 John Henry (6673 A5)
1:05:26 Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy (6673 B1)
1:09:00 Hog Hunt (6673 B2)
1:13:38 Soon In the Morning (6673 B3)
[Credits]
Sid Hemphill (fiddle/quills/fife/vocals) Lucius Smith (banjo/drum) Alec Askew (guitar/quills/vocals) Head (bass drum) unidentified (kazoo)
[Notes]
Alan Lomax and Lewis Jones' complete August 15, 1942 recordings of Sid Hemphill and his band, recorded at (or before) a picnic at the "Funky Fives" (also noted by Lomax as "Po' Whore's Kingdom"), outside of Sledge, Quitman County, Mississippi, made under the auspices of the Library of Congress' Archive of Folk Song and Fisk University. Multi-instrumentalist, band-leader and composer Sid Hemphill (1876-1961) was for decades the musical patriarch of the Mississippi Hill Country. He and his band — comprised of Alec "Turpentine" Askew, Will Head, and Lucius Smith; like Sid, all from Panola County, Miss. — were fixtures at dances, picnics, and frolics throughout the Delta and the Hill Country. Alan Lomax recorded Blind Sid in August 1942, near Sledge, Mississippi, where his band was appearing at a country picnic and banging out their breakdowns, marches, and square-dance tunes, as well as several blues ballads composed by Hemphill himself. By that date hundreds of commercial records had been made of the music of the Delta, and the preponderance of those were of or relating to the blues form, with guitar or piano accompaniment. Lomax's were the first made of the Hill Country's local music, and contributed to a broader perspective of black vernacular instrumentation, with their inclusion of the fiddle and banjo of the string band, the fife and drum ensemble, and the cane panpipes or "quills." Lomax recorded Sid and Lucius again in 1959. Please visit http://bit.ly/1dB7cwe for the complete streaming audio of that session, and for more information about Alan Lomax's collections and the Alan Lomax Archive. (Lomax returned to North Mississippi once more in 1978, when he, Worth Long, and John Bishop filmed a session with Lucius and Sid's granddaughter Jessie Mae Hemphill. Search our channel for some of their performances.)

Legends of Old-Time Music: Fifty Years of County Records

County Records‎ COUNTY-6001

Format: 4-CD, Compilation, Box Set
Country: US
Released: 2015
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country, Old Time
[Tracklist]
Disc One
101 June Apple: Wade Ward (2:25)
102 Stillhouse: Fred Cockerham And Kyle Creed (2:24)
103 As Time Draws Near: Tommy Jarrell (2:36)
104 Susanna Gal: Camp Creek Boys (2:09)
105 Jimmy Sutton: George Stoneman (2:01)
106 Fortune: Otis Burris And The Mountain Ramblers (2:47)
107 Home Sweet Home: E.C. Ball And Blair Reedy (2:28)
108 Cluck Old Hen: Fred Cockerham And Kyle Creed (1:34)
109 Pretty Little Girl: Benton Flippen And The Smokey Mountain Boys (2:02)
110 Charming Betsy: Gaither Carlton (2:04)
111 Cripple Creek: Wade Ward (2:20)
112 Way Down In My Soul: E. C. Ball And The Friendly Gospel Singers (2:51)
113 Ducks On The Millpond: Kyle Creed (1:16)
114 Sweet Boy's Tune: George Stoneman (2:06)
115 Cousin Sally Brown: Willard Watson (2:00)
116 Step-Back Cindy: Fred Cockerham And Kyle Creed (2:07)
117 Peacock Rag: E.C. Ball And Blair Reedy (1:21)
118 Hollyding: Wade Ward (2:06)
119 Old Wandering Boy: Eldridge Montgomery (2:40)
120 Alabama Gals: Kyle Creed And Bobby Patterson (2:18)
121 Pretty Saro: Gaither Carlton (3:10)
122 Sweet Sunny South: Oscar Jenkins, Fred Cockerham, Shag Stanley (1:34)
123 Roustabout: Fred Cockerham (2:34)
124 Dan Carter Waltz: Oscar Jenkins And Shag Stanley (2:48)
125 Buster Crouse's Tune: Kyle Creed (1:13)
126 Troubles & Trials: E. C. Ball And The Friendly Gospel Singers (2:31)
127 Fortune: Tommy Jarrell And Fred Cockerham (1:56)
128 June Apple: Camp Creek Boys (2:37)
Disk Two
201 Fortune: Camp Creek Boys (2:33)
202 John Brown's Dream: Tommy Jarrell (3:27)
203 Johnson Boys: Lily May Ledford (1:08)
204 Little Satchel: Fred Cockerham (3:27)
205 Sally Ann: Ernest East And The Pine Ridge Boys (2:52)
206 Ebenezer: The Russell Family (2:58)
207 White Oak Mountain: Lily May Ledford And Rosie Ledford (2:17)
208 Jake Gillie: Oscar Wright (2:14)
209 Greasy String: Tommy Jarrell (2:41)
210 Shady Grove: Sidna Myers And Fulton Myers (1:43)
211 Elkhorn Ridge: Oscar Wright (3:09)
212 Sally Ann: Oscar Jenkins And Fred Cockerham (2:46)
213 Wild Bill Jones: Lily May Ledford (2:48)
214 Old Suzanna: The Russell Family (2:58)
215 Green Back Dollar: Ernest East And The Pine Ridge Boys (3:00)
216 John Henry: Glen Smith (1:32)
217 Cumberland Gap: Esker Hutchins (0:58)
218 When Sorrows Encompass Me Around: Tommy Jarrell (4:14)
219 Kitty Kline: Oscar Wright (2:44)
220 Sail Away Ladies: The Russell Family (2:50)
221 Red Rocking Chair: Lily May Ledford (1:55)
222 Richmond: Ernest East And The Pine Ridge Boys (2:06)
223 Cumberland Gap: Fred Cockerham (1:34)
224 Puncheon Floor: Esker Hutchins And Shag Stanley (2:45)
225 Heaven's Light Is Shining: H.O. Jenkins (2:48)
226 Lee County Blues: Fred Cockerham (3:18)
227 John Henry: Lily May Ledford (1:15)
228 Sail Away Ladies: Kyle Creed And Bobby Patterson (1:55)
Disk Three
301 Johnny Don't Get Drunk: John Ashby And The Free State Ramblers (2:43)
302 Big Eyed Rabbit: Matokie Slaughter (2:17)
303 Old Jake Gillie: The Korn Kutters (2:18)
304 Will You Miss Me: Joe Carter And Janette Carter (2:28)
305 Flying Clouds: Grey Craig And The New North Carolina Ramblers (2:52)
306 John Hardy: Glen Smith (1:15)
307 The Old Ark's A-Moving: The Kimble Family (2:10)
308 Cleveland Is Elected: Jim Willie Pruitt And The New North Carolina Ramblers (2:16)
309 Kitty & I: Joe Carter And Janette Carter (2:45)
310 Mitchell Blues: Steve Ledford (2:27)
311 Johnny's Gone To War: Matokie Slaughter (2:08)
312 Old True Love: Dan Tate (3:29)
313 Train On The Island: The Kimble Family (2:20)
314 Lynchburg Town: Grey Craig And The New North Carolina Ramblers (2:57)
315 Free State Hornpipe: John Ashby And The Free State Ramblers (3:11)
316 Sourwood Mountain: Kyle Creed And Bobby Patterson (1:44)
317 Anchored In Love: Joe Carter And Janette Carter (2:29)
318 Little Brown Jug: Beverly Thompson And Mildred Thompson (1:21)
319 99 Years: Steve Ledford (2:51)
320 Mississippi Sawyer: Leake Caudle And Oscar Jenkins (2:24)
321 Sweet Story Of Old: Joe Carter And Janette Carter (2:43)
322 Twin Sisters: Sidna Myers (1:39)
323 Fox Chase Reel: John Ashby And The Free State Ramblers (2:59)
324 Little Johnny's Gone To War: The Kimble Family (2:20)
325 Big Eyed Rabbit: Steve Ledford (2:38)
326 Arkansas Traveler: Matokie Slaughter (2:37)
327 Take A Moment & Live: E. C. Ball And The Friendly Gospel Singers (2:54)
328 Too Young To Marry: Grey Craig And The New North Carolina Ramblers (2:40)
Disk Four
401 Sally Ann Johnson: Clark Kessinger (2:22)
402 The Wearing Of The Green: Will Keys (1:35)
403 Brushy Fork Of John's Creek: Art Stamper (4:53)
404 Jenny Hang The Kettle On: Virgil Anderson (2:44)
405 Five Miles From Town: Clyde Davenport (2:35)
406 Richmond: Otis Burris (2:22)
407 Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow: Lily May Ledford And The Coon Creek Girls (2:10)
408 Lost Gander: Dee Hicks (1:50)
409 Three Forks Of Sandy: Clark Kessinger (1:20)
410 Bed Bug Blues: Virgil Anderson (2:54)
411 Cold Frosty Morning: Melvin Wine (1:04)
412 Chinquapin Hunting: Will Keys (2:05)
413 Goodbye Girls, I'm Going To Boston: Art Stamper (3:49)
414 Old Mister Rabbit: Clyde Davenport (2:00)
415 Old Jimmy Sutton: Kyle Creed And Bobby Patterson (0:45)
416 Man Of Constant Sorrow: Delta Hicks (1:18)
417 Snake Chapman's Tune: Will Keys (2:03)
418 Durang's Hornpipe: Clark Kessinger (2:03)
419 Standing On The Promises: E. C. Ball And The Friendly Gospel Singers (2:35)
420 Old Horse And Buggy-O: Art Stamper (3:52)
421 Coal Creek March: Clyde Davenport (1:22)
422 You've Been Gone So Long: Virgil Anderson (3:26)
423 Moon Behind The Hill: Melvin Wine (2:57)
424 Shout Lulu: Dee Hicks (3:15)
425 Brushy Fork Of John's Creek: Hiram Stamper (2:01)
426 Poca River Blues: Clark Kessinger (2:24)
427 Skipping Through The Frost And Snow: Clyde Troxell (2:42)
428 Devil's Dream: Clark Kessinger (2:09)
429 Arkansas Traveler: Wade Ward And Glen Smith (1:56)
[Credits]
Executive-Producer: David Freeman, Producer: Charlie Faurot and Christopher King, Designer: David Lynch, Liner Notes: Barry Poss, Bobby Fulcher, Charlie Faurot, David Freeman and Kinney Rorrer, Transferred: David Glasser
[Notes]
Legends of Old-Time Music: Fifty Years of County Records is a deluxe 4-CD box set that contains one hundred thirteen old-time performances recorded for County Records from the 1960s to the 1990s. Originally issued primarily on LP, most of these tracks have never been released on CD. Thirty of the tracks are previously unreleased and heard for their very first time in this edition. Collected and recorded by Charlie Faurot, Bobby Fulcher, Rich Nevins, Barry Poss and others, these performances are among the very best old-time recordings made by 'true-vine' musicians. Legendary performers include: John Ashby, E.C. Ball, Fred Cockerham, Kyle Creed, Tommy Jarrell, Clark Kessinger, Steve Ledford, Hiram Stamper, Wade Ward, Melvin Wine and many others. This set contains a 28-page booklet with notes by Kinney Rorrer, annotations by the late Charlie Faurot and Kinney Rorrer, several unpublished photos of musicians and essays by contributors to this collection.

Larry Richardson & Red Parker and the Blue Ridge Boys

County Records 702

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1965
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
A1 Let Me Fall (1:32)
A2 You Left Me So Blue (2:25)
A3 More Pretty Girls Than One (2:36)
A4 I Don't Love Nobody (1:51)
A5 Paul & Silas (2:17)
A6 John Henry (2:04)
B1 Pain In My Heart (2:14)
B2 Little Pal (1:53)
B3 Liberty (1:18)
B4 Wild Over Me (2:14)
B5 Sad & Lonesome Day (2:57)
B6 My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountains (2:47)
[Credits]
Larry Richardson (banjo/vocals) Red Barker (guitar/vocals) Buddy Crisp (guitar/vocals) Buddy Pendleton (fiddle) Ronnie Pervette (mandolin) Curly Blake (bass)
Liner Notes: Charie Faurot and Bill Vernon
[Notes]
Larry Richardson (August 9, 1927- June 17, 2007) was an American bluegrass and old time banjoist and guitarist from Galax, Virginia. He is known for his work with the Lonesome Pine Fiddlers, Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys, and the Blue Ridge Boys. In 1956, Larry was featured on a record that changed the way many people hear and play the banjo. "American Banjo Scruggs Style" (Folkways Records FA-2314) which showcased the many banjo players who had adopted Earl Scruggs' famous "three finger roll" style of picking. On the record, Richardson played a rousing and inventive version of "Little Maggie" that influenced any number of up-and-coming banjo players in the late 1950s. Soon after the release of this record, Larry relocated to Low Gap, North Carolina. From the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s Larry recorded with the Blue Ridge Boys who focused on a traditional bluegrass sound.-- Wikipedia

African Fiddle & Banjo Echo in Appalachia Concert

Speaker: Cece Conway  Event Date: 2015/10/01  Running Time: 18 minutes

Alan Lomax Fellow Cece Conway delivers a multimedia presentation on the instrumental and musical history of Appalachian traditional music, with illustration from African and Appalachian musicians, instruments, videos, sounds and images.

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Struggle: Woody Guthrie

Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40025

Format: CD, Reissue, Album
Country: US
Released: 1990
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
01 Struggle Blues (2:02)
02 A Dollar Down and a Dollar a Week (1:38)
03 Whoopie Ti-Yi-Yo, Get Along Little Dogies (3:02)
04 Hang Knot (2:15)
05 Waiting at the Gate (2:50)
06 The Dying Miner (2:56)
07 Union Burial Ground (3:04)
08 Lost John (2:51)
09 Buffalo Skinners (3:15)
10 Pretty Boy Floyd (3:05)
11 Ludlow Massacre (3:30)
12 1913 Massacre (3:36)
[Credits]
Woody Guthrie (guitar/harmonica/vocals) Cisco Houston (guitar/vocals) Sonny Terry (harmonica)
Recorder & Producer: Moses Asch, Designer: Ronald Clyne, Cover Artwork: David Stone Martin, Liner Notes: Anthony Seeger
[Notes]
This document of Guthrie's dedication to working class Americans, recorded in the '40s with Cisco Houston and Sonny Terry, contains gritty classics like 1913 Massacre and Pretty Boy Floyd. A superbly remastered and annotated treasure which includes lyrics. "Raw, gut wrenching protest songs of toil, turmoil and the American worker. His charismatic style gets back to the roots of folk and the voice of the people." — The Patriot Ledger

Sweet Nebraska Land: Roger Welsch

Folkways Record FH-5337

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1965
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Whoa, Haw, Buck and Jerry Boy (1:25)
A2 Sweet Betsy From Pike (2:48)
A3 Sioux Indians (3:16)
A4 Cole Younger (4:09)
A5 Goodbye, Old Paint (5:07)
A6 Horse Wrangler (3:06)
A7 Little Old Sod Shanty (3:16)
A8 Sweet Nebraska Land (1:57)
B1 Schön Schätzlein, Was Hab' Ich Erfahren (4:22)
B2 Just Before The Battle, Mother (5:12)
B3 Hard, Hard Times (3:23)
B4 Dear Prairie Home (3:58)
B5 Patches On My Pants (1:22)
B6 The Farmer Is The Man (2:04)
B7 Stay On The Farm, Boys (3:26)
[Credits]
Roger L. Welsch (autoharp/banjo/guitar/vocals) Terry Schmitt (guitar/vocals)
Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
Native Nebraskan Roger Welsch, a professor of German and folklore at Nebraska Wesleyan University, is the author of "A Treasury of Nebraska Pioneer Folklore," containing materials collected by the WPA in Nebraska during the Great Depression. From those he selected many of the songs on this recording. Reflecting Nebraska's history and heritage, he has grouped the songs under five headings: The Crossers, The Settlers, Immigrants, War, and Hard Times.Mr. Welsch accompanies himself on the 12–string guitar, banjo, and autoharp, while being assisted by Terry Schmitt on vocals and 6–string guitar. The recording was produced by KFMQ, Lincoln, Nebraska, "as a tribute to the Nebraska Centennial Celebration."Liner notes provide detailed historical background for each song as well as the lyrics.

American Skiffle Bands

Folkways Records FA-2610

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1957
Genre:Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Blues, Folk
[Trackist]
A1 Raise a Ruckus Tonight: The Mobile Strugglers (3:11)
A2 Rock Me, Baby: The Mobile Strugglers (2:56)
A3 My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean: The Mobile Strugglers (3:40)
A4 Trouble, Trouble Followed Me All of My Days: The Mobile Strugglers (3:40)
A5 Interview with Virgil Perkins: Virgil Perkins (1:42)
A6 Goin Around the Mountain, Darlin' Bessie: Virgil Perkins and Jack Sims (3:55)
A7 John Henry: Virgil Perkins and Jack Sims (4:30)
B1 Harmonica and Guitar Blues: The Memphis Jug Band (3:16)
B2 Tippin' Round: The Memphis Jug Band (4:44)
B3 Interview and Solos: a. Old John Booker, You Call That Gone: Gus Cannon (4:13)
B4 What You Gonna Do, Baby, When Your Troubles Get Like Mine: The Memphis Jug Band (2:41)
B5 Interview with Will Shade and Charlie Burse: Will Shade and Charlie Burse (2:51)
B6 Take Your Fingers Off It: The Memphis Jug Band (2:57)
[Credits]
Recorder and Liner Notes: Samuel B. Charters
[Notes]
The skiffle band—a kind of ensemble that nearly disappeared after the 1920s—uses homemade or inexpensive instruments, including washboards, harmonicas, jugs, washtub basses, kazoos, tin flutes, woodblocks, and slide whistles to play a variety of songs. The recordings featured here were made between 1954 and 1957, and the musicians are mostly older men.

Anthology of American Folk Music: Edited by Harry Smith

Smithsonian Folkways SFW-40090

Format: 6-CD, Compilation, Enhanced, Reissue, Box Set
Country: United States
Released: 1997
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Cajun, Country, Gospel, Blues
[Tracklist]
Disk One
101 Henry Lee: Dick Justice (3:28)
102 Fatal Flower Garden: Nelstone's Hawaiians (2:58)
103 The House Carpenter: Clarence Ashley (3:16)
104 Drunkard's Special: Coley Jones (3:16)
105 Old lady and the Devil: Bill and Belle Reed (3:05)
106 The Butcher's Boy: Buell Kazee (3:05)
107 The Wagoner's Lad: Buell Kazee (3:05)
108 King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-me-o: Chubby Parker (3:09)
109 Old Shoes And Leggins: Uncle Eck Dunford (3:01)
110 Willie Moore: Richard Burnett and Leonard Rutherford (3:16)
111 A Lazy Farmer Boy: Buster Carter and Preston Young (3:00)
112 Peg And Awl: The Carolina Tar Heels (2:59)
113 Ommie Wise: G. B. Grayson (3:12)
114 My Name Is John Johanna: Kelly Harrell and the Virginia String Band (3:13)
Disk Two
201 Bandit Cole Younger: Edward L. Crain (2:57)
202 Charles Giteau: Kelly Harrel And the Virginia String Band (3:05)
203 John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man: The Carter Family (2:57)
204 Gonna Die With My Hammer In My hand : The Williamson Brothers and Curry (3:26)
205 Stackalee (Stagger Lee): Frank Hutchison (3:01)
206 White House blues Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers (3:31)
207 Frankie: Mississippi John Hurt (3:28)
208 When That Great Ship Went Down (The Titanic): William and Versey Smith (2:58)
209 Engine 14(3 The Carter Family (3:19)
210 Kassie Jones, Parts 1 and (2: Furry Lewis (6:16)
211 Down On Penny's Farm: The Bently Boys (2:50)
212 Mississippi Boweavil (Boll Weevil) Blues: The Masked Marvel (3:09)
213 Got The Farm Land Blues: The Carolina Tar Heels (3:17)
Disk Three
301 Sail Away Lady: Uncle Bunt Stephens (2:58)
302 The Wild Wagoner: Jilson Setters (3:17)
303 Wake Up Jacob: Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers (2:55)
304 La Danseuse: Delma Lachney and Blind Uncle Gaspard (2:56)
305 Georgia Stomp: Andrew and Jim Baxter (2:47)
306 Brilliancy Medley: Eck Robertson and Family (3:01)
307 Indian War Whoop: Hoyt Ming and the Pep Steppers (3:13)
308 Old Country Stomp: Henry Thomas (2:55)
309 Old Dog Blue: Jim Jackson (3:04)
310 Saut Crapaud: Columbus Fruge (2:49)
311 Acadian One-Step: Joseph Falcon (3:00)
312 Home Sweet Home: The Breaux Freres (3:00)
313 The Newport Blues: The Cincinnati Jug Band (2:58)
314 Moonshiner's Dance Part One: Frank Cloutier and the Victoria Cafe Orchestra (2:40)
Disk Four
401 Must Be Born Again: Rev. J.M. Gates (1:31)
402 Oh Death Where Is Thy Sting: Rev. J.M. Gates (1:29)
403 Rocky Road: Alabama Sacred Harp Singers (2:45)
404 Present Joys: Alabama Sacred Harp Singers (2:53)
405 This Song of Love: Middle Georgia Singing Convention No. 1 (2:58
406 Judgement: Rev. Sister Mary Nelson (2:25
407 He Got Better Things For You: Memphis Sanctified Singers (2:54)
408 Since I Laid My Burden Down: The Elders McIntorsh and Edwards' Sanctified Singers (3:19)
409 John The Baptist: Rev. Moses Mason (3:05)
410 Dry Bones: Bascom Lamar Lunsford (3:00)
411 John The Revelator: Blind Willie Johnson (3:21)
412 Little Moses: The Carter Family (3:14)
413 Shine On Me: Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Singers (3:03)
414 Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room: Rev. F.M. McGee (2:43
415 I'm In The Battlefield For My Lord: Rev. D.C. Rice and His Sanctified Congregation (3:20)
Disk Five
501 The Coo Coo Bird: Clarence Ashley (2:56)
502 East Virginia: Buell Kazee (3:01)
503 Minglewood Blues: Cannon's Jug Stompers with Noah Lewis (3:44)
504 I Woke Up One Morning In May: Didier Hébert (3:04)
505 James Alley Blues: Richard "Rabbit" Brown (3:07)
506 Sugar Baby: Dock Boggs (2:58)
507 I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground: Bascom Lamar Lunsford (3:21)
508 The Mountaineer's Courtship: Ernest and Hattie Stoneman (2:44)
509 The Spanish Merchant's Daughter (No, Sir No): The Stoneman Family (3:18)
510 Bob Lee Junior Blues: The Memphis Jug Band (3:11)
511 Single Girl, Married Girl: The Carter Family (2:47)
512 Le Vieux Soulard et Sa Femme: Cleoma Breaux and Joseph Falcon (3:10)
513 Rabbit Foot Blues: Blind Lemon Jefferson (2:57)
514 Expressman Blues: Sleepy John Estes and Yank Rachell (3:02)
Disk Six
601 Poor Boy Blues: Ramblin' Thomas (2:24)
602 Feather Bed: Cannon's Jug Stompers (3:16)
603 Country Blues: Dock Boggs (2:59
604 99 Year Blues: Julius Daniels (3:07)
605 Prison Cell Blues: Blind Lemon Jefferson (2:47)
606 See That My Grave Is Kept Clean: Blind Lemon Jefferson (2:55)
607 C'est Si Triste Sans Lui: Cleoma Breaux and Joseph Falcon (3:01)
608 Way Down the Old Plank Road: Uncle Dave Macon (3:01)
609 Buddy Won't You Roll Down the Line: Uncle Dave Macon (3:15)
610 Spike Driver Blues: Mississippi John Hurt (3:17)
611 K.C. Moan: The Memphis Jug Band (2:33)
612 Train on the Island: J.P. Nestor (3:00)
613 The Lone Star Trail: Ken Maynard (3:15)
614 Fishing Blues: Henry Thomas (2:45)
[Credits]
Producer: Harry Everett Smith, Designer: Scott Stowell, Mastering Engineer: David Glasser, Pete Reiniger & Charlie Pilzer, Liner Notes: Greil Marcus, Neil Rosenberg, Luis Kemnitzer, Jon Pankake, Peter Stampfel, Luc Sante, Kip Lornell, Eric Von Schmidt, John Fahey & Jeff Place
[Notes]
The Anthology of American Folk Music, edited by Harry Smith (1923–1991), is one of the most influential releases in the history of recorded sound. Originally issued by Folkways Records in 1952, the Anthology brought virtually unknown parts of America's musical landscape recorded in the late 1920s and early 1930s to the public's attention. For more than half a century, the collection has profoundly influenced fans, ethnomusicologists, music historians, and cultural critics; it has inspired generations of popular musicians, including Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Jerry Garcia, and countless others. Many of the songs included in the Anthology have now become classics, as has Harry Smith's unique "scientific/aesthetic handbook" of song notes and drawings. Reissued by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings in 1997, this deluxe 6-CD collector's boxed set contains a 96-page book featuring Harry Smith's original liner notes and essays by Greil Marcus and other noted writers, musicians, and scholars. "Anthology was our bible…. We all knew every word of every song on it, including the ones we hated. They say that in the 19th-century British Parliament, when a member would begin to quote a classical author in Latin the entire House would rise in a body and finish the quote along with him. It was like that." – Dave Van Ronk "Had he never done anything with his life but this Anthology, Harry Smith would still have borne the mark of genius across his forehead. I'd match the Anthology up against any other single compendium of important information ever assembled. Dead Sea Scrolls? Nah. I'll take the Anthology." – John Fahey "First hearing the Harry Smith Anthology of American Folk Music is like discovering the secret script of so many familiar musical dramas. Many of these actually turn out to be cousins two or three times removed, some of whom were probably created in ignorance of these original riches. It also occurred to me that as we are listening at a greater distance in time to a man or woman singing of their fairly recent past of the 1880s, we are fortunate that someone collected these performances of such wildness, straightforward beauty, and humanity." – Elvis Costello

The Ritchie Family of Kentucky

Folkways Records FA-2316

Format:Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1963
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Old Time
[Tracklist]
A1 Green Gravels / Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender/ Somebody's Tall and Handsome (8:32)
A2 Brightest and Best (2:53)
A3 A Young Man That Wouldn't Hoe Corn / I Wonder When I Shall Be Marrired (3:49)
A4 Charlie / Turn Julie Ann Turn / Joe Bowers / Pretty Saro (7:45)
B1 Lord Bateman and the Turkish Lady (7:06)
B2 Amazing Grace / Sweet Rivers of Redeeming Love (3:31)
B3 Darby Ram / Dance to Your Daddy / Go Tell Aunt Rhody / Five Ten/ London Bridge / Skip to My Lou (5:06)
B4 Five-Ten / London Bridge / Skip to My Lou (3:11)
B5 Twilight A-Stealing (1:52)
[Credits]
Ritchie Family (dulcimer/guitar/vocals)
Designer: Ronald Clyne, Photographer: George Pickow
[Notes]
Inspired to share her musical life at home with audiences beyond the kitchen door, Jean Ritchie compiled this album of songs and stories from her family. Unlike studio recordings, this collection places each song in its social context, and Ritchie's extensive notes and interview transcriptions are both informative and entertaining.

Virginia Traditions: Ballads from British Tradition

BRI Records BRI-002

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1979
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Bluegrass, Old Time
[Tracklist]
A01 Old Ireland (William Hall): Polly Johnson (2:38)
A02 The Three Maids (The Cruel Brother): Polly Johnson (3:41)
A03 The Farmer's Curst Wife: Joe Hubbard (0:53)
A04 As I Walked Over London's Bridge (Geordie): S.F. Russel (3:55)
A05 Little Massie Grove: Ruby Bowman Plemmons (4:31)
A06 Wild Hog in the Woods (Bangum and the Boar): Eunice Yeatts McAlexander (2:30)
A07 Barbara Allen: Dan Tate (2:52)
A08 Wind and Rain (The Two Sisters): Dan Tate (1:58)
A09 Devil's Nine Questions: Texas Gladden (2:32)
A10 The Bad Girl: Texas Gladden (3:23)
B01 The Turkish Rebelee (The Golden Vanity): Horton Barker (3:45)
B02 House Carpenter: Dorothy Rorick (2:38)
B03 Oh Death: Dock Boggs (3:20)
B04 The Three Babes (The Wife of Usher's Well): Spence Moore (2:57)
B05 Queen Sally: Kate Peters Sturgill (2:33)
B06 Froggie Went a'Courtin': Robert Russel (1:41)
B07 Raging Sea, How It Roars (The Mermaid): Ernest V. Stoneman (3:21)
B08 The Jealous Lover: The Stanley Brothers (2:17)
B09 The Butcher's Boy: Kelly Harrell (3:19)
[Credits]
Producer, Engineer and Liner Notes: Blanton Owen, Producers: Roddy Moore, Lornell and Ferrum College, Photographer: Alfreda Peel, Engineer: Charles Ellerton, Recorders: Herbert Halpert, Emory Hamilton, Mike Seeger, Sidney Robertson Cowell, Alan Lomax and Elizabeth Lomax
[Notes]
Few states in this country can boast of more diverse folkways than Virginia. Many of the material objects—such as barns, tools, and furniture—reflect the traditions that shaped the lives of its earliest settlers and the generations of Virginians who followed. The Commonwealth’s performance traditions of songs, tunes, and tales also tell of a shared heritage involving all classes of people in every facet of life. Because traditions naturally change over time, the documentation of Virginia folk culture is an ongoing process essential to our understanding of the past, present, and future. By recording the folkways of Virginia, the Blue Ridge Institute of Ferrum College and its BRI Record label strive to foster a greater appreciation of our folk roots through an array of interpretive programs. The songs on this recording are ballads in the traditional sense, i.e., they tell a story. The singers are all from southwestern Virginia and present in a variety of styles, ranging from strictly traditional to relatively modern with stringband accompaniment.

Elizabeth Cotten: Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes

Smithsonian Folkways SF CD 40009

Format: CD, Album, Reissue
Country: US
Released: 1989
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
01 Wilson Rag (1:35)
02 Freight Train (2:42)
03 Going Down The Road Feeling Bad (2:09)
04 I Don't Love Nobody (1:10)
05 Ain't Got No Honey Baby Now (0:53)
06 Graduation March (2:29)
07 Honey Babe Your Papa Cares For You (2:11)
08 Vastopol (2:08)
09 Here Old Rattler Here / Sent For My Fiddle Sent For My Bow / George Buck (3:45)
10 Run…Run / Mama Your Son Done Gone (2:15)
11 Sweet Bye And Bye / What A Friend We Have In Jesus (3:00)
12 Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie (4:40)
13 Spanish Flang Dang (2:49)
14 When I Get Home (2:21)
[Credits]
Elizabeth Cotten (guitar/vocals)
Compiler, Liner Notes and Recorder: Mike Seeger, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
This reissue of Elizabeth Cotten's 1958 debut album, Folksongs and Instrumentals with Guitar is best known for containing the original recording of her classic "Freight Train". The breadth of her repertoire and endearing style have captivated generations of guitarists and fans of traditional American music. Freight Train includes guitar and banjo accompanied songs and tunes and features Mike Seeger's updated notes that include comments on Cotten's life, musical style and song lyrics. Cotten's self-taught, upside-down, left-handed style made her one of the most original guitar and banjo players in the history of American folk music. Many of her deeply personal compositions, such as the immortal "Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie", are included. "...[A] classic and belongs in every collection..." — Blues Review Quarterly

Penny's Farm: Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur

Kingswood Records KWR1603

Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 2016
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Old Time
[Tracklist]
01 Diamond Joe (3:29)
02 The Boll Weevil (3:40)
03 Down on Penny's Farm (3:19)
04 Sweet To Mama (3:15)
05 My Mary (3:28)
06 Fishing Blues (3:04)
07 Louis Collins (Angels Laid Him Away) (3:20)
08 Just A Little While To Stay Here (3:20)
09 Gwabi Gwabi (3:05)
10 C-h-i-c-k-e-n (2:19)
11 The Cuckoo (4:21)
12 Downtown Blues (2:53)
13 99 Year Blues (3:30)
14 Tennessee Blues (4:32)
15 Frankie (3:51)
[Credits]
Jim Kweskin (banjo/guitar/vocals) Geoff Muldaur (banjo/guitar/kalimba/whistle/drums/vocals) Suzy Thompson (fiddle) Cindy Cashdollar (steel guitar/national tricone/vocals) Juli Crockett (vocals) Van Dyke Parks (accordion) Don Heffington and Paul Pouwer (brushes) Randy Landas and Kevin Smith (bass)
Cover Painting: Anthony Benton Gude, Designer: Erin Papa, Photographer: Don West, Liner Notes: Mary Katherine Aldin and John Sebastian, Engineers: Rick Cunha, Michael Feldman, Alan Silverman and Stuart Sullivan
[Notes]
50 years after collaborating in Jim Kweskin & the Jug Band, old friends Kweskin and Geoff Muldaur team up again for Penny's Farm, a straight shot of no-frills American folk music. The new music continues in the tradition of the original band's focus, which was less directed towards the injustice and struggle that many of their contemporaries railed against, but on good times and energetic, upbeat roots music.